Grupos Armados Españoles
Spanish Armed Groups | |
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Grupos Armados Españoles (Spanish) | |
Leader | Unknown |
Dates of operation | c. 1979 – c. 1980 |
Motives | Opposition to separatism, communism and democracy |
Active regions | Spain (Basque Country) |
Ideology | Neo-fascism Spanish nationalism Vasco-phobia |
Political position | Far-right |
Notable attacks | Alonsotegi bombing |
Status | Inactive |
Size | Unknown |
Spanish Armed Groups Grupos Armados Españoles (Spanish) | |
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Leaders | Unknown |
Dates of operation | c. 1979 – c. 1980 |
Motives | Opposition to separatism, communism and democracy |
Active regions | Spain (Basque Country) |
Ideology | Neo-fascism Spanish nationalism Vasco-phobia |
Political position | Far-right |
Status | Inactive |
Size | Unknown |
Allies | Batallón Vasco Español Alianza Apostólica Anticomunista Guerrilleros de Cristo Rey Acción Nacional Española Antiterrorismo ETA |
Opponents | Basque National Liberation Movement
Government of Spain |
Battles and wars | the Basque Conflict |
The Grupos Armados Españoles (GAE) (English: Spanish Armed Groups) was a Spanish neo-fascist paramilitary organisation active from 1979 to 1980, primarily in the Basque Country. A report by the Office for Victims of Terrorism of the Basque Government in June 2010 attributed six murders to the group, and linked it to the National Police Corps, SECED and the Civil Guard.[1]
Attacks
Attacks attributed to the Spanish Armed Groups:[a]
- 28 September 1979: Assassination of Tomás Alba Irazusta, Herri Batasuna town councillor of Donostia in Astigarraga.
- 15 January 1980: Assassination of Carlos Saldise Corta (member of the Gestoras Pro Amnistía) in Lezo.
- 20 January 1980: Alonsotegi bombing. Four killed and 10 injured.[2]
Alleged links with Francoist repression
The report of the Office of Victims of Terrorism of the Basque Government said that the GAE was a well organized group that "acted with a high level of tolerance, when no complicity with important sectors of the police apparatus of the time",[full citation needed] and criticized the impunity and lack of investigation about group actions.
Notes
- ^ This list may be incomplete, because many of their attacks were never claimed. Additionally the acronyms GAE and others (Guerrilleros de Cristo Rey, Antiterrorismo ETA, Primera Línea de Fuerza Nueva, Batallón Vasco Español, Alianza Apóstolica Anticomunista, and later Grupos Antiterroristas de Liberación and GANE) seem to have been indistinctly used by the same Spanish nationalist networks capriciously.
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State security forces |
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- Burgos trials (1970)
- Assassination of Luis Carrero Blanco (1973) (ETA)
- Cafetería Rolando bombing (1974) (ETA)
- Assassination of Juan María de Araluce Villar (1976) (ETA)
- Assassination of Augusto Unceta Barrenechea (1977) (ETA)
- 1978 Getxo attack (1978) (ETA)
- Assassination of Argala (1978) (BVE)
- July 1979 Madrid bombings (1979) (ETA)
- Alonsotegi bombing (1980) (GAE)
- Ispaster attack (1980) (ETA)
- 1980 Orio ambush (1980) (ETA)
- Markina attack (1980) (ETA)
- Zarautz attack (1980) (ETA)
- Rentería ambush (1982) (ETA)
- Killing of Lasa and Zabala (1983) (GAL)
- Assassination of Santiago Brouard (1984) (GAL)
- Monbar Hotel attack (1985) (GAL)
- Plaza República Dominicana bombing (1986) (ETA)
- Hipercor bombing (1987) (ETA)
- Dissolution of GAL (1987)
- Zaragoza barracks bombing (1987) (ETA)
- ETA Netherlands attacks (1989–1990) (ETA)
- Sabadell bombing (1990) (ETA)
- Vic bombing (1991) (ETA)
- Mutxamel bombing (1991) (ETA)
- 1992 Madrid bombing (1992) (ETA)
- 1993 Madrid bombings (1993) (ETA)
- Vallecas bombing (1995) (ETA)
- Assassination of Miguel Ángel Blanco (1997) (ETA)
- 2000 Madrid bombing (2000) (ETA)
- 2001 Madrid bombing (2001) (ETA)
- Madrid–Barajas Airport bombing (2006) (ETA)
- 2008 Getxo bombing (2008) (ETA)
- Burgos bombing (2009) (ETA)
- Palma Nova bombing (2009) (ETA)
- 2010 ETA ceasefire (2010)
- ETA ends armed activity (2011)
Basque nationalist parties |
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Spanish unionist parties |
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- Basque nationalism
- History of the Basques
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- Politics of the Basque Country
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